"Chief Divine! True sand for selecting iron, blowing furnace for iron smelting... Thousand Forging Technique?..."
A moment of "Paper-forged Sword", and the outcome is evident. The Kingdom's blacksmith, Matsushita Tetsusuke, changed his expression, his aura considerably diminished. Yet, in front of the old craftsman Tietian Zongyi, he still refused to concede, glaring at the other's severed arm as he insisted loudly.
"You keep talking about your Layered Thousand Forging, annealing and quenching, Mountain City Secret Technique... can you really forge, or can you only talk the talk?... How about we build an earthen furnace by the river and each forge a dagger to compare our skills?!"
"Ha! You youngster, still so stubborn!..."
Upon hearing about starting the furnace for blacksmithing, Tietian Zongyi's heart skipped a beat. With his old arm, how could he truly forge a sword? Yet his face remained confident, not giving Matsushita Tetsusuke a glance.
